different between kudu vs springbok

English

Alternative forms

• koodoo (dated)

Etymology

From Khoekhoe kudu-b.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ku?du?/

Noun

kudu (plural kudus or kudu)

1. A large, striped, African antelope of the species Tragelaphus imberbis (the lesser kudu) or Tragelaphus strepsiceros (the greater kudu).
   • 1952, Doris Lessing, Martha Quest, Panther 1974, p. 72:

     Martha, on a hot, wet, steamy afternoon, had spent two hours wriggling on her stomach through the undergrowth to reach a point where she might shoot a big koodoo that was grazing in a corner of the Hundred Acres.

   • 2004, Beverley Fearis, The Guardian, 4 December:

     I watched from a distance as rangers left a kudu carcass to entice the lions to walk through the gates.

Translations

Further reading

• kudu on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tragelaphus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Finnish kutu.

Noun

kudu (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. spawn

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• kudu in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

Hausa

Adverb

kudù

1. south, southwards

Derived terms

• kudanci

Kambera

Verb

kudu

1. (intransitive) to be small

References

• Marian Klamer (1998) A Grammar of Kambera, Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 172

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans springbok, from Dutch springen (“to spring”) + bok (“goat, antelope”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sp???b?k/
• (US) enPR: spr?ng?bäk, IPA^(key): /?sp???b?k/

Alternative forms

• springbuck

Noun

springbok (plural springbok or springboks)

1. A small, fast antelope native to southern Africa, Antidorcas marsupialis.

Derived terms

• Springbok
• springbuck

Translations

Further reading

• springbok on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Afrikaans

Noun

springbok (plural springbokke)

1. springbok

Dutch

Etymology

From springen (“to spring”) +? bok (“goat, antelope”).

Pronunciation

Noun

springbok m (plural springbokken, diminutive springbokje n)

1. springbok